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November 2020
“Weesageechak Begins to Dance 33” featuring Keith Barker, Herbie Barnes, Jimmy Blais, Matthew Mackenzie, Yvette Nolan, Kenneth T. Williams
November 25-December 6, 2020 Online! Free! Register Here Sign up for our Festival Workshops Native Earth is thrilled to announce our 33rd annual Weesageechak Begins to Dance – the online edition! This year’s festival has adapted to our current reality…
Find out more »“Inter-Caucus Virtual PlayConnect” with Vishesh Abeyratne (Eastern Ontario) and Gabe Maharjan (Quebec)
November 28th 2020 - 7pm EST For the first time ever, the Playwrights Guild of Canada is presenting an Inter-Caucus PlayConnect, featuring two writers from two neighbouring caucuses - Eastern Ontario and Quebec - in a virtual event. The Playwrights…
Find out more »“Scirocco Drama 2020 Book Launch” featuring Marcia Johnson, Andrea Scott and Mary Vingoe
Monday, November 30th at 7pm EDT Scirocco Drama will be launching their 2020 line-up on Nov 30th via Facebook Live Featuring Readings from Yolanda Bonnell, Andrea Scott, Lara Rae, Haley McGee, Rose Napoli, Sarena Parmar, Christopher Morris, Marcia Johnson, Mary…
Find out more »December 2020
“Untitled” by Rhiannon Collett
Untitled By Rhiannon Collett ONLINE READING: DECEMBER 2, 2020 AGE RECOMMENDATIONS TBC EARLY STAGES – A New Play Development Experience for Schools Featuring new plays by four playwrights, YPT will give students an inside look at the early stages of…
Find out more »Realwheels’ “Playwriting Circle” facilitated by Liesl Lafferty
Celebrate the creativity of emerging playwrights as we read excerpts of scripts they’ve been working on this session. Since September, nine playwrights from across Canada have been meeting weekly with facilitator Liesl Lafferty, and passionately writing new work from the…
Find out more »“Right Here, Write Now” with Jeff Ho and Makambe K Simamba
Right Here, Write Now Jeff Ho Andri Snær Magnason Makambe K Simamba DEC. 7, 8 & 11 YPT’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL AGE RECOMMENDATIONS TBC Right Here, Write Now, a new play festival introduced in June, returns with its latest series of…
Find out more »“Playwrights Canada Press Fall Launch” featuring Trina Davies, Norm Foster, Beth Graham, Colleen Murphy, Christine Quintana
Dec 8, 2020 - 8:00 PM ET Join Playwrights Canada Press in celebrating the launch of five new plays with a virtual group author reading from across the country! Featuring: Selfie by Christine Quintana Pretty Goblins by Beth Graham The…
Find out more »“Dad” by Ali Joy Richardson
DAD BY ALI JOY RICHARDSON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020 @ 7:30 PM About the project: Roy, a revered theatre school teacher, falls from grace after his behaviour with a student comes to light. Mark, his past student (now colleague), has…
Find out more »“A Christmas Carol” adapted by Michael Shamata
Wednesday, December 23 at 7 pm (PST) Online Play Reading – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Shamata The Belfry’s holiday favourite—up-close and personal. Performed by Evan Frayne, Amanda Lisman, Brian Linds, Gerry Mackay, Celine Stubel, Jan…
Find out more »January 2021
“The Playwrights Reading Series” with Arthur Milner
“Dialogue in Socially Distant Times” PLAYWRIGHTS READING SERIES The Zoom Edition 2020-2021 hosted by the Department of English and Department of Theatre of University of Regina with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Centre for the Study of Script…
Find out more »February 2021
“The Playwrights Reading Series” with Marcia Johnson and Andrea Scott
“Dialogue in Socially Distant Times” PLAYWRIGHTS READING SERIES The Zoom Edition 2020-2021 hosted by the Department of English and Department of Theatre of University of Regina with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Centre for the Study of Script…
Find out more »“The Playwrights Reading Series” with Christine Quintana & José Teodoro
“Dialogue in Socially Distant Times” PLAYWRIGHTS READING SERIES The Zoom Edition 2020-2021 hosted by the Department of English and Department of Theatre of University of Regina with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Centre for the Study of Script…
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